Self-making bread method, bread machine and bread ingredient box thereof

ABSTRACT

The self-making bread method includes: weighing a certain amount of ingredients according to a bread recipe and placing them in a bread ingredient box; putting the bread ingredient box into the corresponding containing region of the top portion of the bread machine; using the jagged ring of the bottom portion of said containing region to open the thin film of the bottom portion of the bread ingredient box, so the ingredients will fall into the mixing container in the bread machine; controlling the water delivering mechanism inside the bread machine to deliver a certain amount of water into said mixing container; starting the mixing device inside the bread machine, which mixes the ingredients into an appropriate dough; turning off the mixing device; energizing the electric heating tube in the bread machine, to bake the dough inside the mixing container into bread.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a method of making bread with breadmachine, a device for making bread and a container for containing thebread ingredient.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The existing bread machine has a housing, a side of said housing has adoor opens outward; the inner space of said housing has a mixingcontainer with an upward opening. The inside of said housing has amixing device. The shaft of said mixing device extends into said mixingcontainer from the bottom portion of said mixing container, the shaft ofthe mixing device is installed with mixing blades. An electric heatingtube is inside said housing and surrounds said mixing container. Inoperation, the operator firstly weighs a certain amount of ingredientsaccording to the bread ingredient; then opens the door and puts saidingredients into said mixing container, pours a certain amount of waterinto said mixing container. After the door is closed, starts the mixingdevice, then the ingredients and water inside said mixing container aremixed into an appropriate dough. After the mixing device is closed, theelectric heating tube is energized and heats the dough inside saidmixing container, so said dough will be baked into bread. Stoppingenergizing the electric heating tube, finally the operator opens thedoor and fetches the bread from said mixing container. However, if theoperator makes mistake in determining the amount of ingredients andwater, the bread will not taste good, or the bread will not be eaten,the problem of waste will occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide a method forself-making bread, it will be possible for a common operator to make asatisfactory bread; further to provide a bread machine for making breadwith said method and corresponding bread ingredient box.

The technical solution of the present invention is a method forself-making bread, comprising:

Step A, weighing a certain amount of ingredients according to the breadrecipe and filling them into a bread ingredient box;

Step B, after the operator obtaining said bread ingredient box, puttingthe bread ingredient box into the corresponding containing region of thetop portion of the bread machine; using the jagged ring of the bottomportion of said containing region to open the thin film of the bottomportion of the bread ingredient box, so said ingredients will fall intothe mixing container in the bread machine;

Step C, controlling the water delivering mechanism inside the breadmachine to deliver a certain amount of water according to the ingredientinto said mixing container;

Step D, starting the mixing device inside the bread machine, mixing theingredients and water in said mixing container into an appropriatedough; after said mixing device is closed, energizing the electricheating tube in the bread machine, said electric heating tube heats thedough inside said mixing container, so said dough will be baked intobread;

Step E, stopping energizing said electric heating tube, opening the doorand fetching the bread from said mixing container.

In a preferred embodiment, said bread ingredient box is disposed withingredient mark, the inside of said bread machine has a microcomputercontroller and an identification mechanism corresponding to theingredient mark of the bread ingredient box; in step B, theidentification mechanism inside said bread machine provides theingredient information of the ingredient mark of said bread ingredientbox inside said containing region to the microcomputer controller; instep C, said microcomputer controller automatically controls the waterdelivering mechanism inside said bread machine to deliver a certainamount of water into said mixing container, the amount of water isdetermined by the corresponding ingredient according to the ingredientinformation provided by said identification mechanism; in step D, saidmicrocomputer controller controls said mixing device in the timedetermined by the corresponding ingredient according to the ingredientinformation provided by said identification mechanism, the ingredientsand water inside said mixing container are mixed into an appropriateddough; said microcomputer controller automatically controls saidelectric heating tube to heat the dough inside said mixing containerwith the power supply and baking time determined by correspondingingredient according to the ingredient information provided by saididentification mechanism, so said dough will be baked into bread.

Bread machine, a side of the housing has a door opening outward; theinside of said housing has a mixing container whose opening facesupward, an electric heating tube and a mixing device; the top portion ofsaid bread machine has a containing region corresponding to said mixingcontainer, said containing region has an open bottom portion andcontains the bread ingredient box; a jagged ring is disposed on thebottom portion of said containing region, the teeth of said jagged ringface the thin film of the bottom portion of the bread ingredient box; awater delivering mechanism is disposed inside said housing and deliversthe water into said mixing container. The jagged ring is used forpiercing the thin film of the bottom portion of the bread ingredientbox, so the ingredients of the bread ingredient box will fall into saidmixing container automatically. It will simplify the ingredientpreparation of the operator. Thereby it will prevent mistake of theoperator to wrongly prepare the amount of the ingredients and water.

The top portion of said bread machine has an outer cover correspondingto said containing region, the inner surface of said outer cover has apressing foot to press said bread ingredient box toward said jaggedring. The pressing foot of said outer cover is used for pressing thebread ingredient box, so the jagged ring on the fixed position canpierce the downward moving thin film of the bottom portion of the breadingredient box, so the ingredients will automatically fall.

Alternatively, the top portion of said bread machine has an outer covercorresponding to said containing region, the inner surface of said outercover has a pressing foot to press said bread ingredient box toward theedge of said containing region; an electromagnet is disposed on the topportion of said bread machine, a retaining shelf which extends into saidcontaining region is driven by said electromagnet to support said jaggedring for piercing the thin film of the bottom portion of said breadingredient box. The pressing foot of the outer cover fastens the breadingredient box, so the upward moving jagged ring can pierce the thinfilm of the bottom portion of the bread ingredient box, so theingredients will automatically fall.

In a preferred embodiment, said bread machine has a microcomputercontroller controlling said mixing device, water delivering mechanismand electric heating tube; the inside of said housing has anidentification mechanism, said identification mechanism automaticallyidentifies the ingredient mark of said bread ingredient box inside saidcontaining region and provides the ingredient information to saidmicrocomputer controller, said ingredient information corresponds tosaid ingredient mark. By automatically identifying the ingredient markof the bread ingredient box, the microcomputer controller can controlthe mixing device, the water delivering mechanism and the electricheating tube to automatically fulfill the bread making operationaccording to the ingredient.

In a preferred embodiment, a cleaning box is disposed in said containingregion, which has an open bottom portion and contains said breadingredient box, said jagged ring is disposed on the bottom portion ofsaid cleaning box, so it will be convenient to take out the jagged ringfor cleaning.

The bread ingredient box, which has closed hard side wall, the bottomend of said side wall is sealed with a thin film, the inside of the boxis filled with ingredients, the top portion is closed with a hard topplate.

In a preferred embodiment, the bottom end of said side wall drawsinward. After the thin film of the bottom end of the side wall ispierced, the inward inclining side wall is convenient for theingredients to fall automatically.

Further, a side of the inside of said side wall has an insulation plate,said insulation plate divides the inside of said side wall into a largerregion and a smaller region, the ingredients are filled in said largerregion; the fruits and nuts are filled in the smaller region, so thefruits and nuts are prevented from affecting the storage of theingredients.

Especially, the shape of said insulation plate is an inverted Vcharacter. Said insulation plate cooperates with the side wall, theinward inclining design of said insulation plate is convenient for theingredients, fruits and nuts fall automatically.

In a preferred embodiment, the thin film of said side wall, top plate orthe bottom portion is disposed with ingredient mark. It will beconvenient for identifying the ingredient of the present breadingredient box during operation.

The method of self-making bread of the present invention, it fills theingredients of different bread ingredients into different breadingredient boxes by the factory, after the common operator obtains theneeded bread ingredient box, then the bread ingredient box is put intothe bread machine, the ingredients of the bread ingredient box areautomatically added into the mixing container with the bread machine,the water is added for mixing them into an appropriate dough, theelectric heating tube heats the dough in the mixing container, so saiddough is baked into a bread. The present method greatly simplifies themanual operation in the self-making process, it will avoids wronglyestimating the amount of ingredients caused by the negligence of theoperator, so the bread will be delicious and it will avoid waste. Theingredient identification is disposed on the bread ingredient box, andthe inside of the bread machine is disposed with a microcomputercontroller and an identification mechanism for identifying theingredient mark of the bread ingredient box; said identificationmechanism provides the ingredient information of applied breadingredient box to the microcomputer controller; the microcomputercontroller automatically controls the water delivering mechanism insideof the bread machine according to said ingredient information, saidwater delivering mechanism is controlled to deliver a certain amount ofwater into the mixing container; then the microcomputer controllerautomatically controls the mixing machine according to said ingredientinformation, so the ingredients and water inside the mixing containerare mixed into an appropriate dough; then the microcomputer controllerautomatically controls the electric heating tube according to saidingredient information, so the dough in the mixing container is heatedand baked into bread by the electric heating tube. Thereby the breadmachine can automatically make bread with different ingredients. Thecommon operator only needs to choose the bread ingredient suitable forhis own favor, then the satisfactory bread will be made. The breadmachine of the present invention only adds the containing region with anopen bottom portion, jagged ring and water delivering mechanism on thebasis of the existing bread machine, so it will greatly simplify a lotof much manual operations, it will be possible for a common operator tomake an ideal bread. Its additional structure is simple, the additionalcost is low and easy to be popularized. The bread ingredient box of thepresent invention is convenient to provide a large amount of industrial,standard and various kinds of bread ingredients for the common operator.Its structure is simple and it is convenient for transportation andapplication.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the sectional structural view of the bread ingredient boxbeing put into the bread machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is the perspective structural view of jagged ring and thecleaning box.

FIG. 3 is the sectional structural view of the bread ingredient box.

FIG. 4 is the sectional structural view of the bread ingredient box whenit is pierced by the jagged ring.

FIG. 5 is the sectional structural view of the bread machine when thewater is added.

FIG. 6 is the perspective structural view of the bread ingredient box ofanother embodiment corresponds to the jagged ring.

FIG. 7 is the sectional structural view of the bread ingredient box ofFIG. 6.

FIG. 8 is the sectional structural view of FIG. 6 when the breadingredient box is put into the bread machine of another embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 9 is the perspective structural view of the jagged ring,electromagnet, retaining shelf and the mixing container of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is the sectional structural view of FIG. 8 when the ingredientmark is identified.

FIG. 11 is the sectional structural view of FIG. 8 when the breadingredient box is pierced by the jagged ring.

FIG. 12 is the sectional structural view of FIG. 8 when the water isadded.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1

The structure of the bread ingredient and the bread machines of anembodiment are showed in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3.

Please refer to FIG. 1: the bread machine of the present embodiment hasa housing 1 with an open front side and an open top portion. The frontside of the housing 1 has a door 2 opening outward. The open top portionof the housing 1 has an outer cover 101 opening upward. The innersurface of the outer cover 101 has a pressing foot 1011. The top of theinside of the housing 1 has a transverse insulation plate 102. Saidtransverse insulation plate 102 divides the inner space of the housing 1into a working region 103 whose side surface straightly opposite thedoor 2 and a containing region 104 whose top end straightly opposite theouter cover 101.

The working region 103 has a mixing container 3 with an upward opening.The bottom portion of the working region 103 has a mixing device 4. Theshaft of the mixing device 4 stretches into the mixing container 3 fromthe bottom of the mixing container 3, the top end of said shaft isinstalled with mixing blades. The lower portion of the working region103 in the housing 1 surrounds the working region 103 and an electricheating tube 5 is disposed therein.

The transverse insulation plate 102 has an opening corresponding to themixing container 3, so the bottom portion of the containing region 104has an ingredient opening. The inside of the containing region 104 has arectangular cleaning box 7. Please refer to FIG. 2, the main body 701 ofthe cleaning box 7 is a box with an upward opening, the bottom portionof the main body 701 has an opening 702 corresponding to the opening ofthe transverse insulation plate 102. The bottom portion of the main body701 has a jagged ring 8, the bottom plate 801 of the jagged ring 8 isrectangular and has a rectangular opening 802 corresponding to thebottom portion of the bread ingredient box 9, the two long sides and ashort side along said opening 802 are continuously disposed with a rowof upward extending sharp teeth 803. The bread ingredient box 9 is inthe cleaning box 7. The teeth 803 of the jagged ring 8 face the thinfilm 902 of the bottom portion of the bread ingredient box 9. The waterdelivering mechanism 6 is disposed inside the housing 1 and behind thecontaining region 104. The water delivering mechanism 6 delivers thewater into the mixing container 3 inside the working region 103.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3: the bread ingredient box 9 has aclosed rectangular side wall 901, the bottom end of the side wall 901draws inward and forms an inverted trapezoidal structure. The topportion of said side wall 901 is closed by the top plate 903. Theingredients weighed by the factory according to the bread ingredientsare filled in the inverted bread ingredient box 9, that is an innerspace 904 formed by the side wall 901 and the top plate 903, then thebottom end of said side wall 901 is closed with the thin film 902.

The side wall 901 and the top plate 903 of the bread ingredient box 9can be made of hard oiled board or metal board. The thin film 902 can bemade of aluminum foil or other papers which can resist high temperature.The flavors in the bread ingredient box 9 are salt, sugar and spice, andso on. In another embodiment of the bread ingredient box, the side wall901 can be a closed round structure, closed oval structure or closedpolygon structure. Of course, correspondingly, the cleaning box 7 andthe jagged ring 8 of the bread machine can be round, oval or polygon.

The process of self-making bread by the above bread machine are showedin FIG. 1, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5.

Please refer to FIG. 1, after the operator obtains the bread ingredientbox 9, please refer to FIG. 1: firstly the operator opens the outercover 101 of the top portion of the housing 1 of the bread machine, thebread ingredient box 9 is put into the cleaning box 7 of the containingregion 04 of the housing 1.

Then the operator closes the outer cover 101 of the top portion of thehousing 1 of the bread machine, please refer to FIG. 4: the pressingfoot 1011 of the outer cover 101 presses the bread ingredient 9 towardthe jagged ring 8 of the bottom portion of the cleaning box 7 inside thecontaining region 104. The teeth 803 of the jagged ring 8 are arrangedas U character shape, the teeth 803 pierce the thin film 902 of thebottom portion of the bread ingredient box 9, then the ingredients ofthe inner space 904 of the bread ingredient box 9 push the pierced thinfilm 902 due to their own weight, so the pierced thin film of tongueshape hangs down, finally the ingredients fall into the mixing container3 of the working region 103 inside the housing 1.

The operator operates the water pump switch on the operation panel ofthe bread machine by hand. Please refer to FIG. 5: according to thewater amount determined by the ingredient of the bread ingredient box 9,the water pump 601 of the water delivering mechanism 6 inside the breadmachine is controlled to deliver the corresponding amount of water intothe mixing container 3.

The operator operates the mixing switch on the operation panel of thebread machine by hand. Starting the mixing device 4 inside the housing1, then the ingredients in the mixing container 3 are mixed into anappropriate dough.

According to the mixing time determined by the ingredient of the breadingredient box 9, after the operator operates the mixing switch to closethe mixing device 4, then operates the heating switch according to theheating time and power-supply determined by the ingredient of the breadingredient box 9, the electric heating tube 5 in the working region 103is energized, then the electric heating tube 5 heats the dough in themixing container 3, so said dough is baked into bread.

Then the operator operates the heating switch and stops energizing theelectric heating tube 5, opens the door 2 to fetch the bread from themixing container.

Opens the outer cover 101 and fetches the cleaning box 7, jagged ring 8and the unsealed bread ingredient box 9 from the containing region 104of the housing 1. Discards the unsealed bread ingredient box 9, thenwashes the cleaning box 7 and the jagged ring 8 to clean away theremnant ingredients, then puts the cleaning box 7 and the jagged ring 8back into the containing region 104 of the housing 1 to prepare for thenext operation.

As an improvement of the bread machine of the present embodiment, thebread machine of another embodiment has a microcomputer controller. Theoperator can input the code of the bread ingredient of the selectedbread ingredient box 9 on the operation panel of said bread machine byhand, so the microcomputer controller of the bread machine willautomatically extract the control process of the internal memorycorresponding to the bread ingredient. After the outer cover is closed,the ingredients in the bread ingredient box 9 will fall into the mixingcontainer 3. The microcomputer controller of said bread machineautomatically controls the water delivering mechanism inside said breadmachine according to the water amount determined by the correspondingingredient, then the corresponding amount of water is delivered into themixing container 3 by the water delivering mechanism; then themicrocomputer controller of said bread machine automatically controlsthe mixing device 4 according to the mixing time determined by thecorresponding ingredient, the ingredients and the water in the mixingdevice 4 are mixed into an appropriate dough; then the microcomputercontroller of said bread machine automatically controls the electricheating tube 5 according to the power-supply and the baking timedetermined by the corresponding ingredient, the dough in the mixingcontainer 3 is heated by the electric heating tube, so said dough isbaked into bread.

Embodiment 2

The bread ingredient box of another embodiment of the present inventionand the corresponding structure of jagged ring are showed in FIG. 6 andFIG. 7.

The bread ingredient box 9′ has a closed rectangular side wall 901′, thebottom end of the side wall 901′ draws inward and forms an invertedtrapezoidal structure. The top portion of said side wall 901′ is sealedwith a top plate 903′. The edge of a side of the top plate hasingredient mark of the present bread ingredient box 9′ has a row of codeholes 9031′. A side in the side wall 901′ has an insulation plate 904′of inverted V character shape, said insulation plate 904′ divides theinside of the side wall 901′ into two regions 905′,906′ which are largerand smaller. The ingredients weighed by the factory according to thebread ingredient are filled in the larger region 905′ of the breadingredient box 9′, the larger region 905′ is formed by the surroundingof the side wall 901′, top plate 903′ and the insulation plate 904′; andthe corresponding amount of fruits and nuts are weighed and filled intothe smaller region 906′ of the bread ingredient box 9′, the smallerregion 906′ is formed by the surrounding of the side wall 901′, topplate 903′ and the insulation plate 904′. Then the thin film is sealedon the bottom end of said side wall 901′. The thin film 902′ is sealedon the portion 907′ of the smaller region 906′, it will be especiallydescribed in the following description.

The side wall 901′, top plate 903′ and the insulation plate 904′ of thebread ingredient box 9′ can be hard oiled board or metal board. The thinfilm 902 can be made of aluminum foil or other papers which can resisthigh temperature. The flavors in the bread ingredient box 9′ are salt,sugar and spice, and so on, the fruits and nuts can be walnut kernel,raisin and almond, and so on.

The bottom plate 801′ of the jagged ring 8′ is rectangular, which has arectangular opening 802′ corresponding to the bottom portion of thelarger region 905′ of the bread ingredient box 9′, and has an ovalopening 804′ corresponding to the bottom portion of the smaller region906′ of the bread ingredient box 9′. The two long sides along therectangular opening 802′ and a short side close to the oval opening 804′are continuously disposed with a row of upward extending sharp teeth803′; the two arc sides along the oval opening 804′ and a straight sideclose to the outer side are continuously disposed with a row of upwardextending sharp teeth 805′.

In the bread ingredient box of another embodiments, the structure of theside wall 901′ can be a closed round, closed oval or closed polygonshape. Of course, the structure of the jagged ring 8′ of the breadmachine can also be the corresponding round, oval or polygon shape.

Please refer to FIG. 8: the bread machine of the present invention has amicrocomputer controller and a housing 1′ with an open front side and anopen top portion. The opening of the front side of the housing 1′ has anoutward opening door 2′. The opening of the top portion of the housing1′ has an upward opening outer cover 101′. The inner surface of theouter cover 101′ has a pressing foot 1011′. The top portion inside thehousing 1′ has a transverse insulation plate 102′. The transverseinsulation plate 102′ divides the inner space of the housing 1′ into aworking region 103′ whose side surface straightly opposite the door 2′and a containing region 104′ whose top end straightly opposite the outercover 101′.

The working region 103′ has a mixing container 3′ with an upwardopening. The bottom portion of the working region 103′ has a mixingdevice 4′. The shaft of the mixing device 4′ stretches into the mixingcontainer 3′ from the bottom portion of the mixing container 3′, the topend of said shaft is installed with mixing blades. The lower portion ofthe working region 103′ in the housing 1′ surrounds the working region103′ and an electric heating tube 5′ is disposed therein.

The transverse insulation plate 102′ has an opening corresponding to themixing container 3′, so the bottom portion of the containing region 104′has an ingredient opening.

In the housing 1′, a water delivering mechanism 6′ and an identificationmechanism for automatically identifying the ingredient mark of the breadingredient box 9′ are disposed on the rear portion of the containingregion 104′. The water delivering mechanism 6′ can deliver the waterinto the mixing container 3′ in the working region 103′. Theidentification mechanism is composed of a row of light emitting diodes11′ disposed on the outer cover 101′ and a row of light receivingelements 12′ disposed on the outer side of the containing region 104′.The position of a light emitting diode 11′ corresponds to the positionof a code hole 9031′ on the top plate 903′ of the bread ingredient box9′ and the position of a light receiving element 12′.

The front side out of the containing region 104′ has an electromagnet13′. The free end of the valve rod of the electromagnet 13′ is connectedto the retaining shelf 14′ which stretches into the containing region104′, the jagged ring 8′ is disposed on the retaining shelf 14′.

Please refer to FIG. 9, the bottom plate 1401′ of the retaining shelf14′ has an opening 1402′ corresponding to the opening of the insulationplate 102′. The two sides of the front portion of the bottom plate 1401′are respectively disposed with a supporting foot 1403′, the upper end ofeach supporting foot 1403′ is hinged with a supporting point of themiddle of a lever 1405′, the front end head of each lever 1405′ is fixedwith the corresponding end head of the arched supporting shelf 1404′,the rear end head of each lever 1405′ is connected to a hook headstretches inward. The two sides of the rear portion of the bottom plate1401′ are respectively disposed with a spring supporting rod 1406′. Thebottom plate 1401′ of the retaining shelf 14′, the levers 1405′ of thetwo sides of the supporting shelf 1404′ and the two spring supportingrods 1406′ are in the containing region 104′.

A rectangular cleaning box 7′ is disposed upon the bottom plate 1401′,that is between the space of the levers 1405′ by the two sides of thesupporting shelf 1404′ and the two spring supporting rods 1406′. Thecleaning box 7′ has an opening faces upward, its bottom plate has anopening corresponding to the opening of the transverse insulation plate102. The spring rods 1406′ by the two sides of the bottom plate 1401′ ofthe retaining shelf 14′ support the edge of the cleaning box 7′. Thejagged ring 8′ is placed upon the bottom plate in the cleaning box 7′,which is supported by the inward extending hook head of the rear endhead of the levers 1405′ by the two sides of the supporting shelf 1404′.If the bread ingredient box 9′ is placed in the cleaning box 7′, thenthe teeth 803′ and 805′ of the jagged ring 8′ will face the thin film902′ of the bottom portion of the bread ingredient box 9.

The process of operating the present bread machine for self-making breadare showed in FIG. 8, FIG. 10, FIG. 11 and FIG. 12:

After the operator obtains the bread ingredient box 9′, please refer toFIG. 8: firstly the operator opens the outer cover 101′ of the topportion of the housing 1′, then puts the bread ingredient box 9′ intothe cleaning box 7′ inside the containing region 104′ of the housing 1′.Each light emitting tube 11′ on the outer cover 101′ are far away fromthe light receiving elements 12′ corresponding to the outer side of thecontaining region 104′.

The operator closes the outer cover 101′ of the top portion of thehousing 1′, please refer to FIG. 10: the pressing foot 1011′ of theouter cover 101′ presses the bread ingredient box 9′ toward the edge ofthe cleaning box 7′ in the containing region 104′. Each light emittingdiode 11′ on the outer cover 101′ is close to the light receivingelements 12′ corresponding to the outer side of the containing region104′. Since each code hole 9031′ of the bread ingredient box 9′respectively opens or closes according to the specific code, so thelight receiving elements 12′ beneath the open code hole 9031′ willreceive the light signal corresponding to the light emitting diode 11′,while the light receiving elements 12′ beneath the closed code hole9031′ will not receive the light signal corresponding to the lightemitting diode 11′. The outputs of light receiving elements 12′ aretransmitted to the microcomputer controller, then the microcomputercontroller will automatically identify the code of bread ingredient ofsaid bread ingredient box 9′. The microcomputer controller willautomatically extract the control process of the internal memoryaccording to the bread ingredient.

Please refer to FIG. 11: the microcomputer controller controls the valverod of the electromagnet 13′ moves downward, so the hook heads of thefree ends of the levers 1405′ by the two sides of the supporting shelf1404′ of the retaining shelf 14′ will upward support the jagged ring 8′of the bottom portion of the cleaning box 7′. The U character shapedteeth 803′, 805′ of the jagged ring 8′ pierce the thin film 902′ on thebottom portion of the bread ingredient box 9′ and on the thin film 907′of the smaller region 906′. Then the microcomputer controller controlsthe valve rod of the electromagnet 13′ moves upward, so the hook headsof the free ends of the levers 1405′ by the two sides of the supportingshelf 1404′ of the retaining shelf 14′ will downward pull the jaggedring 8′ of the bottom portion of the cleaning box 7′, the pierced tongueshaped thin film 902′, 907′ are caused to move downward. The piercedtongue shaped thin film 902′ hangs down due to the weight of theingredients of the larger region 905′ of the inner space of the breadingredient box 9′, the ingredients will fall into the mixing container3′ of the working region 103′ in the housing 1′; the pierced tongueshaped thin film 907′ hangs down due to the weight of the fruits andnuts of the smaller region 906′ of the inner space of the breadingredient box 9′, then the fruits and nuts will fall into the mixingcontainer 3′ of the working region 103′ in the housing 1′.

Please refer to FIG. 12: the microcomputer controller controls the waterpump 601′ of the water delivering mechanism 6′ in the bread machine todeliver a certain amount of water into the mixing container 3′, thewater amount is determined by the bread ingredient of the breadingredient box 9′.

The microcomputer controller automatically controls the mixing device 4′in the housing 1′ according to the mixing time determined by the breadingredient of the bread ingredient box 9′, the flour, baking powder, theflavor, the fruits and nuts and water in the mixing container 3′ aremixed into an appropriate dough.

The electric heating tube 5′ in the working region 103′ is energized bythe microcomputer controller according to the heating time andpower-supply determined by the bread ingredient of the bread ingredientbox 9′, then the electric heating tube 5′ heats the dough in the mixingcontainer 3′, so said dough is baked into bread. In the baking process,the microcomputer controller controls the water pump 601′ of the waterdelivering mechanism 6′ in the bread machine to deliver a certain amountof water into the mixing container 3′, so the bread is humidified, theadding time and the adding amount of water are determined by the breadingredient of the bread ingredient box 9′.

After the above processes, the operator opens the door 2′ and fetch thebread from the mixing container 3′.

The operator opens the outer cover 101′, then fetches the cleaning box7′, jagged ring 8′ and the unsealed bread ingredient box 9′ from thecontaining region 104′ of the housing 1′. Discards the unsealed breadingredient box 9′, washes the cleaning box 7′ and the jagged ring 8′ toclean away the remnant flour, baking powder and the flavor. Then putsthe cleaning box 7′ and the jagged ring 8′ back into the containingregion 104′ of the housing 1′ to prepare for the next operation.

Of course, in the bread ingredient box of other embodiments of thepresent invention, the thin film of the side wall, top plate or thebottom plate can also be disposed with bar code as the bread ingredientmark. Correspondingly, a bar code reader is disposed in the breadmachine, thereby the bread ingredient of the bread ingredient box willbe automatically identified.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to thepreferred embodiments thereof for carrying out the invention, it isapparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications andchanges may be made without departing from the scope of the presentinvention which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A bread ingredient box comprising, a closed hard side wall having a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end tapering inward and defining an inverted trapezoidal cross-section; a high temperature resistant thin film sealing the bottom end of said closed hard side wall; and a single-layer top plate sealing the top end of the closed side wall, wherein an inside of the bread ingredient box is filled with bread ingredients, wherein the bread ingredient box fits in a containing region of a bread machine, the containing region having a bottom portion with a jagged ring including a plurality of teeth, wherein the closed hard side wall, the high temperature resistant thin film and the single-layer top plate define a single compartment, and wherein the high temperature resistant thin film is adapted to be pierced by the plurality of teeth and thereby to allow the bread ingredients filled in the inside to flow downward and out of the inside of the bread ingredient box.
 2. The bread ingredient box according to claim 1, wherein the bottom end of said closed hard side wall draws inward toward the inside of the bread ingredient box.
 3. The bread ingredient box according to claim 1, further comprising an insulation plate, wherein said insulation plate divides the inside of said bread ingredient box into a larger region and a smaller region, wherein the bread ingredients are filled in the larger region and the smaller region is filled with additional ingredients for making bread.
 4. The bread ingredient box according to claim 3, wherein the shape of said insulation plate is an inverted V character.
 5. The bread ingredient box according to claim 1, wherein the high temperature resistant thin film, the single-layer top plate or a bottom plate is disposed with an ingredient mark identifying the ingredients.
 6. The bread ingredient box according to claim 2, further comprising an insulation plate, wherein said insulation plate divides the inside of said bread ingredient box into a larger region and a smaller region, and wherein the ingredients are filled in the larger region and the smaller region is filled with additional ingredients for making bread.
 7. The bread ingredient box according to claim 6, wherein the shape of said insulation plate is an inverted V character.
 8. The bread ingredient box according to claim 2, wherein the thin film of said side wall, top plate or a bottom plate is disposed with an ingredient mark identifying the ingredients. 